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A Postcard from Rome

  • Latvia | 2024 | Latvian, Italian
  • Original Title: Pastkarte No Romas
  • Director: Elza Gauja
  • Screenplay: Elizabete Lukso-razinska, Elza Gauja
  • DoP: Aleksandrs Grebnevs
  • Editor: Jurgis Locmelis
  • Cast: Indra Burkovska, Janis Jarans, Ivars Brakovskis, Liena Smukste
  • Premiere: Asia Premiere
  • Tags: Films by Women, Social Impact

Festivals :

Sydney International Film Festival 2024


Synopsis :

A senior couple, Ernests and Alvīne, work in a post office and dream of winning a trip to Rome. But, as the couple grapples with Alvīne’s fast-progressing Alzheimer’s, the tone shifts to a more poignant portrayal of Ernests’ attempts to cope with his wife’s memory loss and her diminishing sharpness of thought.


Directors Bio :

Elza Gauja is a Latvian fillmmaker who has directed the documentary feature Meanwhile in Lucavsala (2022) and the feature dramedy Keep Smiling Mom! (2022) — the latter of which was selected for the Tallinn Black Nights' FF Works In Progress section.


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